The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-06-29
ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS.

OF the 125 authors the list of Roberts
Brothers seventv-seven are women.
THE Rev. DR.. Joseph Cummings. president of
the Northwestern University. will spend the
summer in Europe with Mrs Cummings.
DUDLEY BUCK, the famous composer, is at
present organst at Holy Trinity Church. Brook
Ign. Mr.. Buck was born in Hartford, Conn, in
1899
CHAuNCY NJ. DEPEw delivers so many orations
and after dinner speeches that friends are begin
ming to wonder how it is that he finds time to
attend to the affairs of the Central road.
Mr.. LABoUCHERE says he admires the Queen
above all other sovereigns because she has
such a thorough and sensible dislike to court
ceremonies and other such tinsel tomfooleres."
BRET HARTE was book agent in 1s49-50 and
a good one when he would work, which was
seldom In 1865 he was writing condensed nov
els" for the San Francisco Golden Era at So per
column.
THERE are only three cities in the world
which have larger Scandinavian population
than Minneapolis They are Christiania. Stock
holm and Copenhagen. Minneapolis has 80. 600
Scandinavians.
MISS FRANCES E. WILLARD and Miss Anna
Gordon started for Manitoba June b. They
will be present at Woman's Christian Temper
ance Union convention for the Northwest some
time this summer.
CARMEN SYLVIA, Roumanias literary Queen,
Victoria's jubilee. She translated Victoria's
journals into Roumanian. supplied them with
explanatory notes, and published them in a
cheap edition.
OLD Maharajah Dhuleep Singh must feel
sorely disappointed He has been trying to get
up "holy war; against England among the
Sikhs; and 10! the priests of the golden temple at
Umritsur have discontinued their usual prayers
for his welfare.
A BOOK entitled 1.-THE Beer of the Bible" has
appeared and was written, as prohibitionists will
be glad to hear, by whose last name is
Death The author endeayors to prove that
the leaven which the Israelites carried out of
Egypt wi til them was an Egyptian beer named
''booza. :"
MATTHIAS SPLITLoG has been swindled out of
$14O 900 in real-estate transaction at Wyan-
dotte, Kan. Mr.. Spitlog is a Wyandotte Indian
and worth ST 900 OO0 He can neither read nor
write, and is generally very shrewd at a bargain.
but the real estate agents were too much for MS
untutored mind.
NORMAN B. REAM, who describes himself as
"a Chicago farmer" is credited with having
made so much money in the resent smash-up in
wheat that he is expected back in Wall street.
and it is thought quite probable that he will buy
back again the seat in the Stock Exchange that
he sold time ago. He sold for $27, 900; he
can re-invest for $24, 600.
Miss LUCY NJ. SALMON has been appointed to
College She is the author OF appointing
Power of the President" is graduate of Michi-
gan University. studied history there after her
graduation, has had charge of the work in his
tory at Terre Haute, and has held the fellow
ship in history at Bryn Mawr College.
In the strawberry regions of New Jersey a
cigar box is nailed a tree close to the road
side in front of every farm house It is placed
there to receive the latest quotations for fruit.
These quotations teegraphed from the lead
ing cities three times day, and are distributed
by messengers mounted on bicycles. The fruit
grower determines by the quotations whether he
will ship his days picking.
AN aged colored woman in a Georgia town
Gently sgnifed her intention of joining the
church. She was reruted well-to-do, and two
rival churches strove to win her. One of them
sent deacon of great eloquence to employ upon
her his rare arts of persuasion. In normal cir
cumstances it is probable that his mission might
have been successful but the aged woman recog
nized him as a person who had owed her five
dollars for forteen years. and she joined the 9TH
rop,r